On July 20 at about 6:55 a.m., Milpitas Police Department officers responded to the report of a burglary at a kiosk business at 447 Great Mall Drive.

Police said a man cut the lock on a kiosk cover, entered and stole $125 cash before fleeing the scene on foot. The suspect was partially described as black, with braided or dreadlock hair, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the State of California flag on the front and dark pants, police said.

Damage to the kiosk’s cover was estimated at $600, police said.

San Jose man eyed for $7,000 embezzlement at Great Mall

On July 19 at 6:07 p.m., police responded to the report of embezzlement at the Hollister Co. store at 554 Great Mall Drive.

Police said store employee Andrew Pham, 27, of San Jose, made fraudulent discounts and similar transactions in order to gain more than $6,930 over a nearly year-long period, from August 2015 to June 2016.

On July 15 at 9:38 p.m., police responded to a strong-arm robbery in the parking lot outside Dave & Buster’s at 940 Great Mall Drive.

Police said four men approached a 16-year-old Milpitas boy outside the restaurant and asked him for money. When he refused to give them any, one suspect indicated he had a knife, though no weapon was seen.

The four suspects then proceeded to grab the boy, restraining him as they stole his wallet. The suspects fled on foot with his wallet that contained $600 cash, police said.

The victim was not injured during the incident. The suspects were variously described as two white men, one Hispanic man and one black man. They were all similarly described as being 20 to 30 years old, about 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 175 to 190 pounds, with all wearing dark clothing and dark gloves, police said.

Parolee cited for possessing meth pipe, ammo

On July 15 at 1:27 p.m., a police officer noticed a suspicious vehicle parked outside Walmart at 301 Ranch Drive.

Police said the officer conducted a traffic stop on a 2001 Cadillac STS that had no license plates. The officer eventually contacted the car’s driver and parolee, Mohammed Shahim, 24, of Hayward, and found him to be in possession of a methamphetamine pipe and a 9 mm bullet. No weapons were recovered from the vehicle, police said.

The suspect was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and being a felon in possession of ammunition, police said.

Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 at the end of a brief tourist visit to North Korea. He had been medically evacuated and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center when he died at age 22.